Monday Sector Leaders: Energy, Utilities

Looking at the sectors faring best as of midday Monday, shares of Energy companies are outperforming other sectors, higher by 0.5%. Within the sector, QEP Resources (NYSE: QEP) and Chevron (NYSE: CVX) are two large stocks leading the way, showing a gain of 1.7% and 1.5%, respectively. Among energy ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (AMEX: XLE), which is up 0.7% on the day, and up 7.41% year-to-date. QEP Resources, meanwhile, is up 5.35% year-to-date, and Chev...